Three juvenile offenders who absconded late last month from a detention camp in unincorporated San Mateo County for troubled youth are still at large, according to juvenile probation officials.
The trio walked away sometime after 11 p.m. on Oct. 29 from Log Cabin Ranch, a roughly 600-acre property in the rural hills of La Honda that serves as an alternative to juvenile hall in San Francisco.
Two are 18-year-old men and one is a 16-year-old boy, according to San Francisco Chief Juvenile Probation Officer Allen Nance.
The trio bolted out of the camp past the camp’s curfew hour, Nance said. They evaded staff members and San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies on a subsequent search.
Nance said the camp is not a locked facility. He said it’s designed to facilitate rehabilitation for youth with a criminal history by offering vocational training and other services without strict detainment.
“Unfortunately, some young people are not ready for a commitment to change,” Nance said.
Nance said there are one or two attempts to escape from the camp each year. He said they often return to their home communities and are quickly found.
“We feel confident that that’s likely to be the case in this situation as well,” he said, adding that a reassessment of their placement at the camp will be conducted once they are found.
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